💐 Steam Spring Sale!

And Split Fiction is a huge success

Good morning & Happy Friday!

Here’s everything you need to know this week in the world of gaming.

LATEST NEWS

📈 Split Fiction, the new game from It Takes Two devs, becomes their fastest selling game, selling 1 million copies in 2 days.

🪖 Former Xbox boss admits the company once "encouraged" the console wars, which he believes "were healthy for the industry" as "a rising tide that lifted all ships".

👿 Blizzard admits Diablo 4 was too easy, plans to crank the difficulty up next season.

😡 Ubisoft Shareholder Plots Protest Outside Paris HQ, Accuses Company of Failing to Reveal 'Discussions' With Microsoft, EA, and Others Allegedly Interested in Acquiring IPs.

🔫 Battlefield Fans Are Digging the Leaks, and EA Hasn't Taken Them Down Yet.

🛹 EA Adds Microtransactions To Skate’s Closed Alpha.

📱 ‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic’s Video Game Division Acquired By Scopely For $3.5 Billion.

⬛️ Take-Two trying to take down GTA Online black market.

Steam Spring Sale

Ah, spring, the season of blooming flowers, chirping birds, and... absolutely obliterating your gaming backlog with Steam’s Spring Sale! That’s right, Valve’s big seasonal discount bonanza is back, and it’s bringing some serious deals on thousands of games.

Here are a few of the best deals:

  • The Long Dark – $10 (50% off)

  • Sifu – $16 (60% off)

  • Helldivers 2 – $32 (20% off)

  • Outer Wilds – $15 (40% off)

  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure – $30 (40% off)

And don’t forget, free stickers are up for grabs through the Discovery Queue, and Steam Points Shop has new sale-themed graphics!

The Steam Spring Sale runs until March 20 at 10 AM PT, so don’t wait too long to snag those deals!

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